Oct 12, 2008

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

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Author: Edgar Allan Poe
First Published: 1838
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Adventure
Time of Work: Early nineteenth century
Setting: The high seas
Genres: Long fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Gothic fiction
Subjects: Voyages, Nineteenth century, Islands, Storms, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Sea or seafaring life, Adventure, Horror, South Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Cannibalism, Mutiny
Locales: Oceans, Antarctica, Nantucket Island

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Arthur Gordon Pym, the narrator, young son of a Nantucket trader in sea stores. Desirous of adventure, he stows away on a whaling ship, the Grampus; helps to overpower and kill the mutineers who seize the ship; becomes briefly a cannibal before he and Dirk Peters are rescued by the Jane Guy; survives with Peters after the slaughter of the captain and all of the crew of the Jane Guy by natives on an uncharted Antarctic island; and dies of an unexplained accident after most of his story had been prepared for publication. How he managed to...

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

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